FENTON: Motorist Welathantrige Boteju was caught over the drink-drive limit - after 'consuming' too much homemade wine. The 31-year-old, of Manor Street, Fenton, was stopped on Hartshill Road, Harsthill. He blew 69 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35. Boteju pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre. Tony Cooke, mitigating, said: “He was at a friend’s house and had been consuming homemade wine. He did not realise the strength." Boteju was fined £275 and also ordered to pay £135 costs and a £30 victim surcharge. He was banned from driving for 18 months.

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STOKE-ON-TRENT: Sex offender Jordan Kenyon has been fined for breaching a court order - after failing to disclose his address. The 25-year-old was released from prison in Wolverhampton on December 7 and travelled to a hostel in Stoke-on-Trent where he was to live. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard he tried to register the address at Hanley’s Smithfield centre but was told he would have to travel to Longton or Burslem instead. Kenyon admitted failing to comply with a notification order. Tony Cooke, mitigating, said: “This is a minor breach. He went to Smithfield but was told he would have to go to Burslem or Longton and those offices were closed at weekends. He ended up signing on at the first opportunity - but a day late." Kenyon was fined £120, ordered to pay £185 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

The Smithfield building in Hanley

COBRIDGE: Drug-user Thomas Ferns was caught with heroin after the car he was travelling in was pulled over by police. The 45-year-old was stopped in Cobridge on December 23 and officers discovered the heroin. He pleaded guilty to possessing a class A drug at North Staffordshire Justice Centre. He was fined £140 and ordered to pay £185 costs and a £30 victim surcharge. Representing himself, Ferns, of Berrisford Place, Leek, told magistrates: “I won’t be spending anymore money with you for the rest of my life.”

HANLEY: Reveller James Jeffrey was caught trying to take MDMA into a Hanley nightclub - after picking up the wrong tobacco tin. The 29-year-old, of Millrise Road, Milton, was at the club on December 22 when he was searched by bouncers before entry. Richard Oldroyd, mitigating, said: “He was trying to get into the club and said he picked up the wrong tin. He said the drugs were for personal use.” Jeffrey was fined £276, and also ordered to pay £185 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

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STONE: Drunken Nicola Sims was armed with a knife when she assaulted a police officer - on Christmas Day. The defendant, of no fixed address, was walking through Stone when a member of the public saw her carrying the knife and called police. She was stopped by the police and threatened an officer before assaulting them. She pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker, using threatening and abusive words, and threatening a person with a blade in public. Sims will be sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

UTTOXETER: Drunken Jack Cattell broke into a pub on Christmas Day - and drank ‘a few pints’. The 24-year-old told North Staffordshire Justice Centre he had no alcohol at his Carter Street home, in Uttoxeter, so decided to break into Ye Olde Talbot pub. He drank £35 worth of beer and caused £200 damage. He pleaded guilty to burglary and possessing a knife in public. Prosecutor Sara Beddow said: “The landlady of the pub received a message from a friend saying the defendant had called them saying he had broken into the pub. She turned up and found him sitting outside drinking. He caused £200 damage to a fire door and said he had broken in for a few beers. He said he had no alcohol at home.” The case was adjourned until Thursday, January 31.

WERRINGTON: Uninsured driver Paul Fogden refused to provide a breath test on Christmas Day - and was then violent in a police station. The 33-year-old was pulled over in his Jaguar in Etruria at 11.15pm. Fogden, of Ash Bank Road, Werrington, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance and being violent at a police station when he appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre. The case was adjourned until January 31.